"travis" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 13:09:01 GMT, "Miss Jean"
> > shared the following:
>
> >
> >"JLove98905" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Just curious here - what other newsgroups (cooking or otherwise) do you
> >find
> >> useful, interesting, fun or any combination of the three?
> >>
> >
> >I am currently keeping up in:
> >
> >alt.cooking-chat - I read this one once a week or so.
> >
> >alt.support.stop-smoking (will be 6 months smoke free tomorrow 10/4) - I
> >read this one every day.
> >
> >rec.crafts.misc (only read occasionally, as it's a slow group)
> >
> >and this one, rec.food.cooking, which I read every day.
> >
> >I will occasionally pop in on rec.woodworking (a hobby of mine) and
> >rec.food.recipes, though not often, since that group seems a lot
more.....
> >sedate... than this one. I don't post much, but I'm a great lurker.
> >
> >Miss Jean I have not had a cigarette in Five months, four weeks,
> >11 hours, 34 minutes and 2 seconds.
> >That's 3629 cigarettes not smoked, saving $370.14,
> >and adding 1 week, 5 days, 14 hours and 25 minutes to my life. But who's
> >counting?
> >
> >
>
> Congrats on the quitting smoking. It really does just keep getting
> easier and easier, and it's probably the best gift you could ever give
> yourself. I was at two and a half packs a day for about 11 years. I
> quit cold turkey and haven't had *anything* to smoke since I quit on
> new year's eve almost 3 years ago.
>
> --
> Travis
> '63 VW Camo Baja...
> http://bugadventures.dyndns.org
> Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not yelled.
>
>
> :wq!

Thanks, Travis. This is my second quit, but this time I won't go back. I
smoked 1.5-2 packs a day for nearly 20 years. My dad has emphysema. I don't
want to be like him. Congrats on your great quit! And thanks for the kind
words.

Miss Jean